The Heart of Happy Hollow
Chapter 16: The Boy and the Bayonet
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
When Bud is performing in the Cadet Corps competitive drill, his mother Hannah Davis, and his little sister, watch anxiously in the crowd.
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My Bondage and My Freedom
"The Nature of Slavery." Extract from a Lecture on Slavery, at Rochester, December 1, 1850
by Frederick Douglass
"The Nature of Slavery." Extract from a Lecture on Slavery, at Rochester, December 1, 1850.
Dracula
Chapter 20
by Bram Stoker
Harker determines the location of the missing boxes, and the men decide they must act quickly. Renfield is involved in a mysterious accident.
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym
Chapter 22
by Edgar Allan Poe
Pym and Peters observe the behaviors of the natives, all the while still in hiding.
A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court
Chapter 20: “The Ogre’s Castle”
by Mark Twain
They continue on their way and come to an ogre’s castle. He discovers that the castle is nothing but a pigsty watched over by swineherds. He buys the hogs and sets them free. Sandy insists that they are enchanted ladies. When the pigs are brought home, the Yankee begins to believe her.
Northanger Abbey
Chapter XXV
by Jane Austen
All seems to be well at dinner later that evening, but Catherine receives a troubling letter from her brother, James.
Northanger Abbey
Chapter XXIII
by Jane Austen
Catherine becomes growingly supicious of the General and his wife’s mysterious disappearance.
A Short Account of the History of Mathematics
Sir Isaac Newton
by W.W. Rouse Ball
A biography of Sir Isaac Newton.
Half-Past Seven Stories
Story 16: "He That Took the City"
by Robert Gordon Anderson
A part of a collection of short stories about three children in the revolutionary times. The Toyman is in bad humor and Marmaduke is able to cheer him up his friendship.
The Blithedale Romance
Chapter XV: “A Crisis”
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Hollingsworth and Coverdale face-off regarding the ideas of philanthropy held by the former and opposed by the latter.
Vanity Fair
Chapter 13: Sentimental and Otherwise
by William Makepeace Thackeray
Amelia visits the Osbourne home. Old Osbourne makes an offer George can't refuse.
Vanity Fair
Chapter 4: The Green Silk Purse
by William Makepeace Thackeray
Becky gets acquainted with the Sedley household.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
“Chapter 29”
by Mark Twain
The duke and the dauphin are exposed as frauds. The gold is discovered when the deceased Wilks is exhumed. Huck escapes back to the raft, where he is once again joined by the duke and the dauphin.
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym
Chapter 24
by Edgar Allan Poe
Having not eaten for weeks, Pym and Peters take drastic action in escaping the island.
The Blithedale Romance
Chapter XXV: “The Three Together”
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Issues are confronted as the foursome is once again reunited at Eliot's Pulpit.
The Jungle
Chapter 26
by Upton Sinclair
Jurgis becomes a scab, undermining a union strike. Jurgis' financial prosperity ends after he assaults Connor a second time. Jurgis is promptly beaten and arrested for the third time.
My Bondage and My Freedom
Chapter 3: Parentage
by Frederick Douglass
Mr. Douglass remembers his mother.
Up from Slavery
Chapter 15: The Secret of Success in Public Speaking
by Booker T. Washington
The author continues his work as a public speaker while still devoting himself to the prosperity of the Tuskegee Institute.
Lectures on Ten British Mathematicians
Chapter 10: "Isaac Todhunter"
by Alexander MacFarlane
A biography of Isaac Todhunter.
Fairy Tales and Other Traditional Stories
“The Ugly Duckling”
by Hans Christian Andersen
A fairy tale in which an ugly duckling turns into a swan.
History
History
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
History is within everyone, so living life is the best way to know history/people/life. History books should be written from this more open, organic perspective. Someone experiencing life is closer to true knowledge than someone who reads about it.
Babbitt
Chapter 25
by Sinclair Lewis
George's fantasies continue to negatively affect his home life, as he considers more drastic measures to ease his restless mind.
Vanity Fair
Chapter 25: In Which All the Principal Personages Think Fit to Leave Brighton
by William Makepeace Thackeray
Amelia fools everyone but Dobbin. Rawdon's disappointment amuses Becky.
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
“Chapter 9: Dr. Lanyon’s Narrative”
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Lanyon’s letter about what he saw before his death. (Longmans, Green and co., 1886)
The Woman in White
EPOCH ONE: “The Story Begun by Walter Hartright, Part XI”
by Wilkie Collins
Marian comes to Walter with the mysterious letter. The contents are revealed, and the two decide that they must continue their investigations into this matter.